Verda Mae "Mae-Mae" Copes - Submitted for the USGenWeb by Janet Byram Newsom 3/4/2009

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Verda Mae "Mae-Mae" Copes - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Baton Rouge Advocate March 4, 2009

Mrs. Verda Mae "Mae-Mae" Copes, 92, a native of Pioneer and resident of Bay Minette, Ala., died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at a nursing home in Bay Minette. Mrs. Copes was a former Senior Olympian and was elected to the Louisiana Senior Olympic Hall of Fame. Mrs. Copes previously resided in Tallulah and Denham Springs.

Survived by her two sons, Fredrick Duane Copes and wife Jeanette, West Point, Miss., and Jerry Walter Copes, Davis Island; daughter, Laura C. Pitre and husband Richard, Bay Minette; sister, Inez Gawthorp, Cody, Wyo.; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Laura Inez Prestridge; husband, Walter Fredrick Copes; granddaughter, Charlam Renee Hopper; four brothers and four sisters. A memorial service will be held at New Hope Church of God, La. 577, west of Darnell, at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the charity of your choice.